Scotland

This Section lists our partner organisations in Scotland, as well as other useful links for Scotland.

Scottish Parliament

The official website of the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Executive: Education Dept, Enterprise & Lifelong Learning Dept.

The official department of the Scottish Executive.

Scottish Qualifications Authority

SQA is the national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment, and certification of qualifications other than degrees.

Sector Skills Alliance Scotland

Sector Skills Alliance Scotland is the collective voice of Sector Skills Bodies in Scotland.

Careers Scotland

Careers advice for employees and employers in Scotland.

Futureskills Scotland

Futureskills Scotland is part of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. They aim to analyse the Scottish labour market to inform policy making, improve the availability, quality and consistency of labour market information and intelligence across Scotland and work closely with Careers Scotland to provide the organisation and its clients with labour market information.

Play Scotland

Play Scotland is the national organisation for children’s play, campaigning to make the right to play a reality for every child in Scotland.

Scottish TUC

The officials website of the Scottish Trade Union Congress.

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive.

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, is the representative voice of Scottish local government and also acts as the employers’ association on behalf of all Scottish councils.

Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils

To represent at national level local voluntary sport through consulting with and catering for its member Sports Councils.

Learndirect Scotland for Business

learndirect scotland for business, backed by the Scottish Executive, was established in 2002 to help small to medium enterprises (SMEs) throughout Scotland overcome barriers to training and become more competitive by adopting a structured approach to workforce development. They offer a range of free services and products - including a network of regional training partners, the training advice line, online learning tasters, business briefings and self-help training workbooks.